Shot #15

I suppose it's the old, somewhat decaying timber and the rather bent catches and hinges on the gates that appeal to me.  There's definitely some lovely textures and colours in the lichens, mosses and fungi.

So, today's shot was taken through one of the gates on my property with a view down towards my citrus trees.  I thought I'd like to keep this 'secret' so again a shallow depth of field that gives the idea of something green and pleasant, without being specific.  Focus on the gate is also rather soft with idea of making you 'see' the catch.  I've tried to put the catch in quite a powerful position in the frame, but also the left hand horizontal piece of timber.  Does it work?

Again, no modifications either in or out of camera.

Hand held, 50mm, f1.8, 1/800sec, ISO 200

(Check out a monochrome version of this image on flickr)